TES5Edit IS LIVE - Public Beta

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I am not involved .. Just spreading the word, and the word is TES5Edit

 

3.0.22 Beta is now public, for the un-initiated / passers by / people who think "Looks like stuff I dont need to learn about" ..

 

I recommend you bookmark it for a rainy day, its a world changer ( or at least the Skyrim modding world, even older games - Yep its the same old same old updated and brilliant as ever )

 

Clicky, and let me transport you to an amazing tool

 

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For anyone un-familiar with it ...

 

Have a good read of the cleaning guide http://www.creationkit.com/index.php?title=TES5Edit_Cleaning_Guide_-_TES5Edit

 

You cant really summarize that, because it has to be understood by the user (or at least you get a rough idea)

 

In use though once you have done it a few times its a two minute job and a breeze

 

Important reading is in the "How to clean" section

 

Before you move on to automated cleaning referred to in "Section 2: Mod Cleaning Instructions"

 

The objective being removing ITMs and UDRs which historically BethSoft always have in their DLCs. They are CTDs waiting to happen if you dont clean them, and TES5Edit has the ability to do that.

 

 

Even the most experienced modders can create such game problems just by making their mods with the CK, bugs in the CK will undermine their best efforts to create a problem free mod.

 

I did the automatic clean on update.esm in this post http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1415541-wipz-tes5dumpfuture-tes5edit/page__view__findpost__p__21648614

.. But you see I cant do that for your copy of update.esm. We can tell modders that they need to clean their mod (diplomatically ofc), and everyone benefits from the re-uploaded cleaned mod. BOSS can advise you if it finds a mod with a CRC which corresponds to an unclean mod that you or the author need to clean it - Bethsofts esm and esps though are a different story ..

 

Previously I have used TES4Edit on all Oblivion DLCs, and sure enough had many CTD free gaming hours thereafter. Along with checking out mods esp's and creating cleaned installers for use in Wrye Bash when the mod author has not had the knowledge to do the same to their own mods.

 

Its a tool that is really worth spending the time to become familiar with, and more importantly spread the word - We wish Bethsoft would use it on their own DLCs before releasing them , DawnGuard has a heap of problems which needs TES5Edit's particular brand of magic, and because Bethsoft are unlikely to patch it with a cleaned version, only the end users can fix their own copy of it .. So everyone benefits from becoming familiar with this tool - Without it they will experience random CTDs with combinations of mods and DLCs and remain forever clueless as to why.